October 7th 2013.
A Pomarine Skua close inshore at Yakumo 4 years ago today. Still a heavy crop (it was before I got my 500mm lens) and not a good photo by any means but an interesting species that I haven't seen much of . Actually my only real experiences of skuas were on a trip to the Orkneys over 20 years ago.
There were loads of them heading south that day visible from shore, I have no idea why. It wasn't even particularly windy. I saw 3 species of skua at Yakumo that autumn but not one before or since...............
I have only ever seen this species on pelagic trips although they do appear on Lake Ontario in the winter in small numbers from time to time.
ReplyDeleteUsually the same here too.............only on pelagics.
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